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The first of the Townshend Acts, sometimes simply known as the Townshend Act, was the Revenue Act 1767 (7 Geo 3 c 46). [d] [43] [44] This act represented the Chatham ministry's new approach to generating tax revenue in the American colonies after the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766.
Most of the taxes in the Townshend Acts were repealed in 1770 by the Ministry of Lord North. The passage of the Tea Act 1773 in May 1773, which enforced the remaining taxes on tea, led to the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. Parliament considered this an illegal act because they believed it undermined the authority of the Crown-in-Parliament.
After the Stamp Act was repealed in 1766, [1] the British Parliament imposed the Townshend Acts in 1767 as another way of generating revenue. The acts placed an import duty on glass, paint, paper, lead, and tea as well as establishing an American Board of Customs. [2] In response, the Massachusetts General Court issued a circular letter. (A ...
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The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution. Reid, John Phillip. 1986. Constitutional History of the American Revolution. Thomas, P.D.G. 1975. British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: First Phase of the American Revolution 1763-1767. Thomas, P.D.G. 1987. The Townshend Duties Crisis: the Second Phase of the American Revolution, 1767-1773.
Colonial map showing Castle Island at the entrance to Boston's inner harbor Thomas Cushing, chairman of the convention. In February 1768, the Massachusetts House of Representatives issued a circular letter denouncing the Townshend Acts and sent it to representatives of the other colonies.
On American Taxation" was a speech given by Edmund Burke in the British House of Commons on April 19, 1774, advocating the full repeal of the Townshend Revenue Act of 1767. Parliament had previously repealed five of the six duties of this revenue tax on the American colonies , but the tax on tea remained.
The main task of the Daughters of Liberty was to protest the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts through aiding the Sons of Liberty in boycotts and support movements prior to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. The Daughters of Liberty participated in spinning bees, helping to produce homespun cloth for colonists to wear instead of British textiles ...